{"id":416549,"date":"2026-05-07T16:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/416549\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:52:12","slug":"actress-qorianka-kilcher-sues-james-cameron-for-theft-of-facial-features-for-avatar-character-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/416549\/","title":{"rendered":"Actress Q&#039;orianka Kilcher sues James Cameron for &#039;theft&#039; of facial features for Avatar character &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE84WDBjU1FNOUFUdGhIWGlHWGJKeklLS2FZa3lXR3FIa2ZVNUVtRkhsWG9wSkR3TmxBYXRJTmIwOEtCbnFBYVRGUTVnVXJidzRLQWRjNEt2Uklodw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Actress Q&#8217;orianka Kilcher sues James Cameron for &#8216;theft&#8217; of facial features for Avatar character<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPMllVdVozOGpfVFkySW04MnhUYWlocVRhdHNNSHRDR0xLRjI2dHJZQ1hTdTJjNFl4RWRob0VjNHd1WFpydXVFeWMyRWFfMWhxNlFEWVdSbXNYYVZrYXpIYXAtc2RmNTZuSlRpTjR5VlJNN0c0WWZSVUV6NkhLQmppdWFlODdwNnJ3blNoQ00zcGg0VE1rZ09icG5sQUw5aXpWeFFhaGhlYnNTbXV4eFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Cameron accused of using actor\u2019s facial features for Avatar character<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxPSXRmQjhjV1hGZ2xWakFBeTdMUkRPNlJ2UE1EVnNFbEVPQ25MVTVXNENSWE90UTd1Ni1oZmdoSU93dDVtdVNWZEJRMW1LWWZiTDk1OS1hbmFERUN4bXRaQWh0RTJrT2QxYnFGQXlERURrNFpkUi1NMFI5X2NiUnk1djhTTU5rMmdYQ0VJTTVwV0xvZFNq?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Indigenous actor sues James Cameron for \u2018stealing\u2019 her facial features for Avatar character<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNQ3k4T3l1STVPaF81NzQxWEJtS2c3ZWVnYjlSWW9RMlV2UUpDd0s5VGwwYkR6MDZsTUNqZXJKZk9raElXckREQm5ILUw4YTdSS0pZcnlqb2hxcURxTFl6SHFOeHZHdzV6R2MwcWhiQmlCTEhkOTR2MG9McHpudHJPR3JzeTRIbnpfUjVqSUMtbnJiODg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Cameron and Walt Disney Company Sued Over Unauthorized Use of Actress\u2019 Likeness in \u2018Avatar\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Variety<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxQVUJ2M2pjRnc0TU5xN1NyM2tNVTgwU2N3cXJ0MHJOVFRlRjl6MHZuTFo2ZDRjSVFIbXJjelFMcW1UUTNVc2JiMlhxdGZnY3EwMU5tRW9FQ0NVcnd4RkpUMG1PQjdDLWF4VGFKVlJCM0NHVG5KVS15REZHZk1Ucm9QOHZyRWZROEJhTDZHVFlTSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Actor sues James Cameron for allegedly copying her teenaged face for Avatar&#8217;s Neytiri<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AV Club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actress Q&#8217;orianka Kilcher sues James Cameron for &#8216;theft&#8217; of facial features for Avatar character&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCJames Cameron accused of using&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-416549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}